High Yield Synthesis of Monosubstituted Ferrocenes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 2502-2505

  Guillaneux, Denis ^a   Kagan, Henri B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 33748482009     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo00113a033     Document Type: Article

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